Melanoma Metastasized to the Brain and Steroids
Recruiting
Phase 2
Interventional Study
Malignant Melanoma
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Prior Safety Data
This treatment has already been tested in at least one earlier human trial.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Trial phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 80 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Inge Marie Svane · Other
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About This Trial
This clinical trial is to clarify whether treatment with a checkpoint inhibitor alone (pembrolizumab) or two in combination (ipilimumab and nivolumab), results in clinical benefit for MM patients with brain metastases and in need of steroid treatment. Patients will be treated in four arms depending on steroid dose level at inclusion (\> 10 \< 25 mg prednisolone or \> 25 mg prednisolone) and treatm…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Histologically confirmed metastatic melanoma with radiologically verified brain metastasis
* Need for systemic steroid treatment (prednisolone \> 10 mg daily; dexamethasone \> 1.6 mg daily, hydrocortisone \> 40 mg daily or equivalent) due to brain metastasis
* At least one mea…
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